严冬的粗手来抹掉你脸上的盛夏：
In thee thy summer ere thou be distilled.
你教玉瓶生香吧；用美的宝藏
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place
使福地生光吧，趁它还没有自杀。
With beauty's treasure ere it be self-killed.
取这种重利并不是犯禁放高利贷，
That use is not forbidden usury
它能够教愿意还债的人们高兴；
Which happies those that pay the willing loan;
这正是要你生出另一个你来，
That's for thyself to breed another thee,
或高兴十倍，要是你一人生十人；
Or ten times happier be it ten for one.
你十个儿女描画你十幅肖像，
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
你就要比你独个儿添十倍欢乐：
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
你将来去世时，死神能把你怎样，
Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,
既然在后代身上你永远存活？
Leaving thee living in posterity?
别刚愎自用，你太美丽了，不应该
Be not self-willed, for thou art much too fair,
让死神掳去、教蛆虫做你的后代。
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.